NAPLES - Collier County School Board member Pat Carroll says she is disappointed in the contract changes requested by Superintendent-designate Kamela Patton of Miami-Dade, and that those proposals could be deal-breakers.

Carroll told the Daily News this morning that Patton, selected to succeed Dennis Thompson, wants to convert more vacation and sick days into pay, and she wants more money in a retirement fund.

Carroll, who was unavailable to the Daily News on Monday, says today the requests could be part of a bargaining strategy that she says highly educated professionals use to prove their worth.

The School Board is scheduled to meet to review Patton's contract status on Thursday.

Carroll made the remarks in an interview prior to taping a segment for this week's "Naples Daily NewsMakers with Jeff Lytle'' program set to air Sunday morning at 10 on ABC7.